For over 25 years, Tish Hicks has been one of voiceover's most in-demand working artists, including more than 15 years as one of the voices of Subaru. The veteran voiceover artist and founder of The V.O. Dojo joins What She Does to break down how she built a career, a company, and a community in one of entertainment's most misunderstood industries.

In this episode, Tish covers:

• How she stumbled into voiceover after years in theater, opera, and improv

• The wildly different worlds inside voiceover — commercials, animation, audiobooks, video games, and more

• Why the industry has shifted from agency relationships to entrepreneurial hustle

• What it actually takes to build a sustainable voiceover business, including her advice on career pivots

• How she trains the next generation through VO Dojo's belt-based curriculum

• Her honest take on AI's impact on voice work and why human connection still wins

Whether you're considering a career pivot or just curious what happens behind the mic on your favorite commercials, this conversation is a masterclass in reinvention.

What does a wealth advisor actually do all day? Heidi Foster has a surprising answer: she brings people peace.

With more than 30 years of experience managing investments for individuals, families, and charities, Heidi has seen it all — the spenders married to the savers, the retirees who don't know how to stop accumulating, the divorce clients, the inheritance clients, and the 20-somethings who just need someone to tell them to open a Roth IRA. She's a VP and wealth advisor at American Wealth Management, a USC and UNR MBA graduate, and a former executive at Wells Fargo's private bank.

But the thing that makes her exceptional isn't the numbers. It's the people.

In this episode, Heidi joins Liane and Annie for a warm, frank conversation about money, psychology, parenting, and why your financial mindset was probably formed before you were old enough to remember it.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why Heidi defines her job as bringing 'peace and confidence' — not managing portfolios

• How your relationship with money was likely shaped before age eight

• The 'save early and often' rule — and why a $10 latte could be worth $100,000

• What it's like to be a financial marriage counselor for spender-saver couples

• How Heidi balanced three kids with a demanding career — including when Wells Fargo wouldn't let her work from home during a high-risk pregnancy

• What skills you need to pivot into financial advising — and why career-changers often make the best advisors

• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe story that explains everything about why Heidi does what she does

Heidi is a USC Order of the Laurel recipient, a Reno-Tahoe Twenty Under 40 honoree, and a FINRA registered representative. She's also the mother of three.

This one's for anyone who's ever felt afraid of their own money — and needed someone to tell them it's going to be okay.

#WhatSheDoes #WealthManagement #PersonalFinance #WomenInFinance #FinancialAdvice #MoneyMindset #WealthAdvisor #FinancialPeace

What does it look like to build a startup inside one of the world's biggest creative companies?

Lydia Hall knows. As Venture Lead and Co-Founder of Aqua by Adobe, Lydia pitched Adobe's executives on a bold idea: to take the creative power of Photoshop, Illustrator, and Fresco and rebuild it from the ground up for kids.

In this episode, Lydia joins Liane and Annie for a candid conversation about the intersection of parenthood, entrepreneurship, and building products that actually matter to kids — because her team tests it with their own children every single day.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• What a Venture Lead actually does inside Adobe's incubator program

• How Aqua (free on iOS, Android, and the web at aqua.adobe.com) bridges the gap between kids' doodle apps and professional creative tools

• Why Lydia made a conscious choice to join a big company when she became a parent — and what surprised her about startup life from the inside of a corporation

• The thoughtful philosophy behind how Aqua uses AI: enhancing creativity without replacing it

• What kids actually told them they wanted in focus groups — including claw machines, K-pop kitchens, and personal art museums

• How Aqua connects to Adobe Fresco so kids can grow their portfolios into professional tools

• The career 'car crash' that taught Lydia to trust her gut faster

• Why tenacity — not polish — is the skill she credits most

Lydia is a Forbes 30 Under 30 alum, Y Combinator Imagine K12 participant, and former COO of Chalkup (acquired by Microsoft). She founded her first company while at Penn Law and Wharton.

This one's for the parents, the builders, the creatives, and anyone who's ever wanted to make something from scratch inside a room that's already full of greatness.

#WhatSheDoes #AdobeAqua #KidsTech #WomenInTech #FounderStory #EdTech #StartupLife #Parenting #CreativeKids #AdobeIncubator

Jennifer Barnwell didn't plan to end up in hotels — but a nudge from her older sister at Cornell changed everything. Today she's the President of Curator Hotel & Resort Collection, a membership platform she launched in the middle of a global pandemic to champion the independent and boutique hotels that go it alone.

In this episode, Jen pulls back the curtain on what it actually takes to build something new in a tough industry, how Curator helps small properties compete with big brands, and why being an 'indie rebel' is more than just a tagline.

In this episode:

• What Curator Hotel & Resort Collection does — and why it exists

• How independent hotels compete with major brands using collective leverage

• The Airbnb and OTA distribution question every boutique property faces

• What it was really like to launch a business during COVID-19

• How the K-shaped economy is affecting the hospitality industry right now

• The technology improvements that are changing the hotel guest experience

• The career path she didn't see coming — and the sister who changed it

• Her honest advice to her younger self: take risks, travel more, find a mentor

#WhatSheDoes #WomenInHospitality #BoutiqueHotels #IndependentHotels #WomenInBusiness #HospitalityIndustry #CuratorHotels #Podcast

What does a Physician Assistant who's spent 25 years in medicine wish more people understood about hormones, aging, and feeling like yourself again? Elizabeth Vogstrom breaks down perimenopause, bioidentical hormone therapy, DNA genetic testing, and root-cause medicine — and shares the personal health crisis that changed everything.

#WhatSheDoes #HormoneHealth #Perimenopause #BHRT #LongevityMedicine

What if the answer to the childcare crisis wasn't a policy fix — it was a building with a community membership?

Britt Riley is the founder and CEO of Haven, an integrated childcare, coworking, and fitness space designed for working parents — where kids learn downstairs while parents work upstairs, all under one roof. What started as Britt's own frustration with the impossible juggle of career and parenthood became one of the most innovative care models in the country.

In this episode, Britt talks about leaving her marketing career to build something that didn't exist yet, surviving a pandemic six months after opening, growing Haven through franchising without losing its soul, and why the childcare industry is long overdue for a rethink.

This one is for every parent who has ever felt torn in half. And for every founder who built their way out.

What if you could measure anything — even the things that feel impossible to pin down?

That's exactly what Dr. Nicole Alioto has spent nearly 30 years helping schools do. As the founder of Alla Breve Educational Consulting, a two-time TEDx speaker, a podcast host, and author of Your School Sucks: Why Schools Fail to Measure Up and What To Do About It and the new You Can Measure Anything, Nicole has a gift for making data feel accessible, actionable, and even fun (her words), and we believe her.

In this episode, we sit down with Nicole to talk about how she moved from a social psychology PhD into transforming small and rural school districts, why student voice is the most underused data point in education, what parents can actually do if they think their school is falling short, and how AI is changing the classroom in ways nobody fully predicted.

If you work in education, parent school-aged kids, or just believe data should drive better decisions, this one is for you.

What happens when a girl from Pacoima who learned to code in fifth grade ends up in the United States Congress? We sit down with Representative Luz Rivas — engineer, educator, nonprofit founder, and the only Latina in Congress with a STEM background — to talk about the winding, unplanned path that took her from MIT to Motorola, from founding DIY Girls to the California State Assembly, and now to representing California's 29th Congressional District in Washington, D.C. Rep. Rivas opens up about what it's like to be a freshman in Congress, how she was elected by her peers as the Freshman Leadership Representative, and why relationship-building across the aisle may be the most underrated skill in politics. She also gets real about the financial realities of serving in public office — managing two households on a congressional salary — and why she believes the key to being a great leader is hiring people who know more than you do. Whether you're interested in STEM careers, women in leadership, public service, or simply what a day in the life of a congresswoman actually looks like, this episode will leave you inspired to take your next big risk — even when it's scary.

Have you ever looked in the mirror and felt like something was just... off — but couldn't put your finger on it? Pilar DeMann says it might be your brows. With over 30 years of beauty experience, Pilar has built an award-winning studio in Washington, Connecticut, a loyal client base of 600+, and a reputation for real, wearable beauty that fits a woman's life. In this episode, she breaks down the truth about microblading (yes, it can be permanent), the biggest brow mistake women make (hint: it involves your nail salon), and why women over 50 actually need makeup more than ever — just not a lot of it. She also gets candid about building a business alone, raising prices after 10 years, and the Jones Road beauty campaign that made a childhood dream come true at 52. If you've ever wanted an expert in your corner who's going to tell it to you straight — listen in. Your brows may thank you.

What does it take to leave a big law career and build something from the ground up—one that actually changes lives? In this powerful episode of What She Does, we sit down with Allison Mahoney, founder and managing attorney of ALM Law, a firm dedicated entirely to survivors of sexual abuse, intimate partner violence, technology-facilitated abuse, and children harmed in foster care and juvenile justice systems.

Allison opens up about why she chose this emotionally demanding work, how she manages secondary trauma (yoga, skiing, and very firm boundaries), what clients are really looking for in a trauma-informed attorney, and why she believes taking risks is the most important advice she could give her younger self. She also shares a remarkably honest look at the business side of building a purpose-driven law firm—and why AI might be the next frontier of abuse cases.

This is one of those episodes that will stay with you. If you're a woman who's ever thought about taking a leap into something bigger than yourself, Allison's story is exactly the inspiration you need.

Topics covered: survivors' rights law, domestic violence, technology abuse, foster care civil rights, trauma-informed practice, building a law firm, legal entrepreneurship, AI, and tech abuse trends.